WORKSHOP OVERVIEW RE930
Practical Shutdown & Turnaround Management for Engineers & Managers

Workshop Title
Practical Shutdown & Turnaround Management for Engineers & Managers

Workshop Date/Venue
March 29 – April 02, 2009/ Coral Meeting Room, Kings Gate Hotel, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Workshop Reference
RE930

Workshop Duration/Credits
Five days/3.0 CEUs

Workshop Description
The process industry is losing over half a billion dollars of profits a year due to poor turnaround results and missed opportunities. The majority of turnarounds lacked strategic focus and front-end planning. In addition, turnaround teams lacked leadership and were understaffed. The major negative factor is the growing gap between higher turnaround performance expectations and rapidly shrinking qualified resources to manage the turnarounds. As a result, the planning effort not only starts late, but it is also ineffective, and typically does not contribute in the turnaround success.

This workshop is designed to bridge the above mentioned gap. It will provide turnaround managers and engineers with enough knowledge and skills to understand the purpose of the turnaround, to properly plan and manage the turnaround, and to achieve exponential results of their turnaround project. The workshop will teach participants how to establish a systematic turnaround management processes and procedures that incorporate the best turnaround practices, planning techniques and execution strategies.

Turnaround results have a long-term effect on the facility's operational reliability and it dictates the plant's operational efficiency and business survival in the competitive global market. The turnaround performance can be dramatically improved if companies focus on key issues such as strategic planning, selection of qualified contractors, synergistic and innovative organizations, and tactical initiative to improve field productivity.

This workshop will cover the emerging industry trends, turnaround benchmarking and the challenges faced by plant executives to consistently achieve pacesetter results on plant shutdowns and turnarounds. We will teach you how to fairly balance your business, marketing and financial goals with your plant needs for mechanical integrity and operational reliability. We will show you how to focus on risk areas, early work scope definition, high-performance initiatives, the assignment of qualified staff and the best practice contracting strategy. Upon the completion of this workshop, you will have good knowledge to perform World-Class turnarounds.

Workshop Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand the special needs of time constrained, 24/7 projects
• Identifying the work to be accomplished for the shutdown project
• Plan to meet deadlines & Complete turnaround projects on time, within budget
• Apply shutdown Best Practices
• Plan, Lead, Organize, Control and Co-ordinate shutdown type projects
• Schedule the work effectively
• Manage Resources effectively
• Implement feedback systems
• Identify Risks and Manage these effectively
• Reporting and documenting the shutdown activity
• Understand the use of software packages

Training Methodology
This interactive training workshop includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of total tuition hours:-
50% Lectures
30% Workshops, Group Work & Practical Exercises
20% Videos & Software

Who Should Attend

• Plant Maintenance Staff, Plant Leaders/Supervisors/Superintendents, Plant Maintenance Planers/Schedulers, Engineers, Managers, Foremen & Staff involved in shutdown activities.
• Project Engineers
• Engineering professionals
• Plant Managers, Shutdown Managers and Coordinators
• Maintenance Planning Staff and Managers
• Cost Control Staff
• Construction Superintendents
• Technical Personnel
• Maintenance/ Supervisory Managers
• Project team members in: manufacturing, process industries, research and development, utilities, local authorities
  Project management knowledge will be an advantage to participants.

Workshop Certificate
Haward Technology certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total tuition hours of the workshop.

Workshop Accreditation
Haward Technology’s courses/workshops/seminars meet the professional certification and continuing education requirements for participants seeking Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in accordance with the rules & regulations of the International Association for Continuing Education & Training (IACET). IACET is an international authority that evaluates programs according to strict, research-based criteria and guidelines. The CEU is an internationally accepted uniform unit of measurement in qualified courses of continuing education.

Haward Technology has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102, USA. In obtaining this approval, Haward Technology has demonstrated that it complies with the ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard which is widely recognized as the standard of good practice internationally. As a result of our Authorized Provider membership status, Haward Technology is authorized to offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard.

Haward Technology Middle East will award 3.0 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for participants who completed the total tuition hours of this program. One CEU is equivalent to ten Professional Development Hours (PDHs) or ten contact hours of the participation in and completion of Haward Technology programs. A permanent record of a participant’s involvement and awarding of CEU will be maintained by Haward Technology. Haward Technology will provide a copy of the participant’s CEU Transcript of Records upon request.

Workshop Fee
US$ 3,750 per Delegate. This rate includes Participant’s Pack (Folder, Manual, Hand-outs, etc.), buffet lunch, coffee/tea on arrival, morning & afternoon of each day. In addition to the Training Manual (150 pages), participants will receive the textbook “Project Management: Planning and Control Techniques”, 4th edition, 2003, Burke Publishing (384 pages) as part of the training kit.

Accommodation
Accommodation is not included in the workshop fees. However, any accommodation required can be arranged by Haward Technology at the time of booking.

Workshop Director
Mr. William Hadley (UK), M.Eng... More

Workshop Coordinator
Red Pacubas, Tel: +971-2-44 88 301, Fax: +971-2-44 88 302, Email: red@haward.org